Skip to content

Science News Today

  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Astronomy
  • Health and Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Archaeology
  • Technology

Category: Astronomy

Astronomers Just Discovered the Pleiades Are 20 Times Bigger Than We Thought

Astronomers Just Discovered the Pleiades Are 20 Times Bigger Than We Thought

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 12, 2025May 22, 2026

For thousands of years, people have looked up at the night sky and marveled at…

Astronomers Discover a Galaxy That Makes Stars 180 Times Faster Than the Milky Way

Astronomers Discover a Galaxy That Makes Stars 180 Times Faster Than the Milky Way

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 12, 2025May 22, 2026

Imagine peering back in time more than 13 billion years—so far that the light you’re…

Astronomers Solve the Mystery of “Impossible” Black Holes Spinning at Nearly the Speed of Light

Astronomers Solve the Mystery of “Impossible” Black Holes Spinning at Nearly the Speed of Light

Muhammad TuhinNovember 11, 2025May 22, 2026

In 2023, astronomers witnessed something that defied everything they thought they knew about the cosmos.…

Scientists Shocked: Saturn’s Icy Moon Is Warming from Both Poles, Hinting at Alien Oceans Below

Scientists Shocked: Saturn’s Icy Moon Is Warming from Both Poles, Hinting at Alien Oceans Below

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025May 22, 2026

Far beyond Earth, orbiting the ringed giant Saturn, lies one of the most fascinating worlds…

Astronomers Stunned as Ancient Pulsar Defies Death, Keeps Beating After 342 Million Years

Astronomers Stunned as Ancient Pulsar Defies Death, Keeps Beating After 342 Million Years

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 7, 2025May 22, 2026

Far beyond the shimmering arms of our Milky Way, roughly 7,500 light-years from Earth, there…

NASA’s James Webb Spots a “Cosmic Firestorm” Galaxy Just 700 Million Years After the Big Bang

NASA’s James Webb Spots a “Cosmic Firestorm” Galaxy Just 700 Million Years After the Big Bang

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 6, 2025May 22, 2026

Imagine looking back in time—so far back that the light you see began its journey…

Beneath the Clouds of Alien Worlds Lies a Shocking Secret — Not Fire, But Stone

Beneath the Clouds of Alien Worlds Lies a Shocking Secret — Not Fire, But Stone

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 6, 2025May 22, 2026

For much of human history, our solar system seemed like the entire stage of planetary…

400 Light-Years Away, a Star Is Giving Birth to Planets—And We Just Saw It Happen

400 Light-Years Away, a Star Is Giving Birth to Planets—And We Just Saw It Happen

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 6, 2025May 22, 2026

Every human who has ever looked up at the stars has, in some quiet moment,…

The Universe Might Be Slowing Down — Not Speeding Up, Scientists Shock the World

The Universe Might Be Slowing Down — Not Speeding Up, Scientists Shock the World

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 6, 2025May 22, 2026

For nearly three decades, the story of our universe has been told with one astonishing…

Astronomers May Have Found the Universe’s First Stars — and They’re Older Than Time Itself

Astronomers May Have Found the Universe’s First Stars — and They’re Older Than Time Itself

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 4, 2025May 22, 2026

For billions of years, the cosmos has carried secrets from its earliest moments—echoes of a…

Astronomers Detect Two Mysterious Pulsars Beating Like the Universe’s Hidden Heart

Astronomers Detect Two Mysterious Pulsars Beating Like the Universe’s Hidden Heart

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 4, 2025May 22, 2026

Deep in the silent vastness of space, two cosmic lighthouses spin endlessly, sending out rhythmic…

Astronomers Detect a Cosmic “Heartbeat” from a Distant Black Hole 10 Billion Light-Years Away

Astronomers Detect a Cosmic “Heartbeat” from a Distant Black Hole 10 Billion Light-Years Away

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025May 22, 2026

Deep in the cosmos, nearly ten billion light-years away, lies a blazing beacon of light…

Scientists May Have Just Proven Dark Matter Obeys the Same Laws as Ordinary Matter—But a Hidden Force Could Still Lurk Beyond

Scientists May Have Just Proven Dark Matter Obeys the Same Laws as Ordinary Matter—But a Hidden Force Could Still Lurk Beyond

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025May 22, 2026

For decades, scientists have been chasing one of the greatest mysteries in modern cosmology: what…

The Mystery That Defies the Universe: Why 85% of All Matter Is Completely Invisible

The Mystery That Defies the Universe: Why 85% of All Matter Is Completely Invisible

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 30, 2025May 21, 2026

There is a haunting secret hidden in the fabric of the cosmos. A mystery so…

Astronomers Discover “Mini-Neptune” Orbiting a 10-Billion-Year-Old Star—Could It Hold Secrets of Ancient Worlds?

Astronomers Discover “Mini-Neptune” Orbiting a 10-Billion-Year-Old Star—Could It Hold Secrets of Ancient Worlds?

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 30, 2025May 21, 2026

Far beyond the familiar glow of our Sun, in a quiet corner of the Milky…

Scientists Warn: Halloween Fireballs Could Be Hiding Something Much Bigger in Space

Scientists Warn: Halloween Fireballs Could Be Hiding Something Much Bigger in Space

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 30, 2025May 21, 2026

Every autumn, the heavens put on a dazzling performance as the Taurid meteor shower graces…

Scientists Finally Decode 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Mystery of a “Cosmic Heartbeat” in Deep Space

Scientists Finally Decode 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Mystery of a “Cosmic Heartbeat” in Deep Space

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 30, 2025May 21, 2026

For more than a century, the galaxy OJ 287 has puzzled astronomers. From 3.5 billion…

Webb Telescope Finds “Red Spider” in Space — and It’s the Fiery Death of a Sun-Like Star

Webb Telescope Finds “Red Spider” in Space — and It’s the Fiery Death of a Sun-Like Star

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 29, 2025May 21, 2026

High in the dark reaches of space, a star is dying beautifully. In the newest…

Scientists Detect Two “Impossible” Black Hole Collisions—And They’re Spinning the Wrong Way

Scientists Detect Two “Impossible” Black Hole Collisions—And They’re Spinning the Wrong Way

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 29, 2025May 21, 2026

In the silent fabric of the universe, there are moments so cataclysmic that they send…

New Radio Image Shows the Milky Way Like Never Before — You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding in the Galactic Plane

New Radio Image Shows the Milky Way Like Never Before — You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding in the Galactic Plane

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 29, 2025May 21, 2026

Our home galaxy is often imagined as a silent disk of stars glowing gently in…

This Exoplanet Is So Hot It Tears Water Molecules Apart — New 3D Map Shows Where It Happens

This Exoplanet Is So Hot It Tears Water Molecules Apart — New 3D Map Shows Where It Happens

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 29, 2025May 21, 2026

Astronomers have crossed a psychological and scientific threshold: for the first time, they have turned…

James Webb Spots a Giant “Planet-Building Graveyard” Around a Tiny Star — and It Shouldn’t Be There

James Webb Spots a Giant “Planet-Building Graveyard” Around a Tiny Star — and It Shouldn’t Be There

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025May 21, 2026

Not every discovery in astronomy is a new world or a blazing star. Some of…

Posts pagination

← Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 59 Next →

Quick Links

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Copyright © 2026 Science News Today.